> blocked for years He was nominated on the 16th of March 2016; the election was on the eighth of November of the same year, and his nomination expired on the

> blocked for years He was nominated on the 16th of March 2016; the election was on the eighth of November of the same year, and his nomination expired on the third of January 2017, less than a year later. No matter how you slice that, his nomination to the Supreme Court wasn't 'blocked for years.'